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Mountain Biking

Two Sisters near Wells/Barkerville, BC | Thomas Drasdauskis

Many in the mountain biking community consider the Cariboo Chilcotin the “unofficial mountain biking capital of Canada,” with unlimited riding for leisure bikers and adventure-seeking free riders. The spectacular terrain and quality trail systems here offer distinct riding experiences with hoodoos, river valleys, rugged canyons, logging roads, steeps, ramps, and single-track ridges. You could spend an entire summer here without setting a wheel in the same place twice. Red Bull’s 2012 feature film ‘Where the Trail Ends’ showcases the world’s top freeride mountain bikers, including Williams Lake’s own James Doerfling, as they search for unridden terrain in five countries around the globe, including the amazing cliffs and canyon walls of the Fraser and Chilcotin rivers right here in our Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region.

Quesnel biking buffs call the local Pins route a “flowy” ride, with spectacular views of Baker Creek and the hoodoos littering the valley floor. Quesnel’s Adventure Skills Bike Park has a freestyle section, pump track, kid’s area and features to challenge beginner, novice, experienced and highly-skilled riders. The Wells-Barkerville area offers some of the most extraordinary trails in BC, loaded with Gold Rush history. From gentle boardwalk trails through quiet wetlands to day-long epic mountain expeditions in stunning alpine terrain, this trail network has it all. Bike magazine recently referred to Williams Lake as North America’s “Shangri-La of mountain biking.” The 200-plus tracks around the city provide the choice of tackling technical loops; try ‘Aflo’, the Lake City’s most popular trail with awesome, flowy banked turns, or choose hours of exploring on many easy-riding trails. Downtown’s Boitanio Bike Park covers over 4hec/10ac, and is the largest of its kind in BC’s interior, with 6 major jump lines, pump track, drop zone, flow trails and log work.

The 100 Mile House area has hundreds of kilometres of marked and unmarked backcountry trails crisscrossing the plateau. Trails are accessible around the 108 Mile Ranch, and from downtown 100 Mile House. The trails beginning at Centennial Park take you up an old ski hill, and with plenty of old roads and tracks in the area, you have easy access onto trails in the nearby hills. On the 99 Mile trails south of town, choose to stay on the trails, or venture off onto singletrack for more amazing riding.

The Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium actively promotes all of the wonderful mountain biking trails in and around Wells, Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.

Meanwhile, in the Coastal region, the Schoolhouse Trail and Medby Trail Networks near Hagensborg offer a variety of routes for mountain bikers to tackle, while those visiting Bella Coola can embark on an 38.6 km trek from Bella Coola Wharf to Big Cedar Tree Larso Bay along the Clayton Falls Forest Service Road to The Big Cedar Tree Quad Trail.

With the excess of trails and skill levels around these communities alone, you will think you’ve arrived in biking paradise.

Accommodations and Activities in Mountain Biking

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Come relax, unwind and enjoy our little bit of paradise! Six cabins set along the lake for you to enjoy the sunrises and the sunsets. The cabins have everything you need, including bathrooms and kitchens with all the cookware –…

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Recognized as the expert guides to the South Chilcotin and pioneers of floatplane accessed multi-day backcountry mountain travel, Tyax Adventures has been sharing the magic of British Columbia’s South Chilcotin mountains with guests for 20 years. Our expert and service…

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